General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988

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SEN_1988_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Ethnic group (SN1988A_ETHNIC2)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 237

End: 237

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="SN88A409 SN88A429">P8. Ethnicity or nationality ________<br /><div class="i1">For Senegalese, write the name of the ethnic group<br />For foreigners, write their nationality and skip to P11.</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Diola
2	Lebou
3	Mandinka
4	Pular
5	Sereer
6	Wolof
7	Other ethnicity
8	Other national
9	Unknown

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

<svar a="all" v="SN88A409 SN88A429">P8) Ethnicity or nationality<br /><br /><div class="i1">Ask the following question: "What is your ethnic group?" if the person is Senegalese. Or, "What is your nationality" the person is a foreigner.<br /><br />Record in plain words the ethnic group declared for the Senegalese, just above the coding box, in the empty space left for this.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Example: Wolof, Diola, etc.</div><br /><div class="i1">For Senegalese who cannot determine their ethnic group, or for those who became Senegalese by naturalization, record "Other".<br /><br />For foreigners, record the name of the country of origin.<br /><br />Example: Guinea-Conakry, France, etc.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's ethnic group.

Universe

Senegal 1988: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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